Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

Greece, Cyclades, Amorgos Island: Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa. Source: Getty Images/Andia/Universal Images Group During the last few years, Amorgos is home for Semeli Drymonitis, who is a ...

I puffed up the last of 350 steep and slippery steps to Panagia Hozoviotissa ... the impact on Amorgos. I visited the easternmost of the Cyclades last summer on an Unexplored Greece itinerary.

I’ve been visiting the Greek islands for ... to spend the day hiking up to Amorgos’s most photographed landmark – the starkly white Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery, which clings to the ...